Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Photo Below: Bed 1 the cherry tomatoes are getting so tall that I will need a step ladder to pick them off the top. The arch is about 7 feet tall and the vines are two to three feet above that.

Photo Below: Bush tomatoes... I can't wait until these are ripe.

Photo Below: View of beds 2 and 3

Photos Below: The watermelons in bed two are getting bigger. They are the size of a golf ball maybe even a little bigger.

Photos Below: The antique marigold and the cilantro in the right corner of bed 3 is shading the basil. I pulled the cilantro since it has bolted and moved the marigold.

There that's better....

Photo Below: Marigold moved to potato bed two since is was empty.

Photos Below: The basil is much happier....

...when it's not over 90 degrees. I had to cover them with shade cloth for a few days.

Photos Below: The bell peppers are really starting to take off now that the weather has warmed up.

I did, however pull the runt bell pepper. I'll be planting some lettuce in it's place.

Photo Below: Bed 2

Photos Below: In bed 4 I pulled out all the lettuce and reseeded with carrots...

...and used Granny's trick of covering them to keep from drying out.

Photos Below: The onions seem to be putting on some size.

Photos Below: The garlic has died back...

They are not very big... I'll wait to pull the second square to see if they get any bigger.

Photo Below: Bush beans ready to pick.

Photo Below: I pulled out the round zucchini. I wasn't getting much of a harvest from them for the space. I have reseeded the empty squares with lettuce. This area is a bit shaded from the bush beans.

Photos Below: I pulled out the potatoes in bed 1...

very low yield but very good.

Photo Below: The snap peas cannot decide if they want to die off or put out new growth. I'm just going to let them be and see what they do.

Photo Below: Strawberry bed is growing very well and is starting to put out runners.

Photos Below: The Pumpkin on a stick is doing very well and it looks like I will have mini pumpkins on a stick this Fall. I was not sure if this plant was going to be true to seed when I saved the seeds from an arrangement that was given to me last Fall.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Hello all. Just wanted to let you know I'm still around. Life sometimes gets in the way of fun and I have not had much time to play on the computer. I hope to get some garden photos up this weekend and photos of this weeks harvest.